SV1110IPEXT Instruction Guide
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“ejected” and then “insert” the disk so the host can see the files. Any files the host writes
to the disk can be retrieved once the disk is “ejected”.
Access to the files is performed through the web interface. The disk may be inserted from
either the web interface, or the
Disk Control
menu available via VNC. Most operating
systems can “Eject” the disk once it is inserted, but it can also be ejected from the Web or
VNC.
When emulating a floppy disk or RAM disk, the data is stored in RAM on the
SV1110IPEXT itself. In order to emulate a CD-ROM disk drive, a web server is required
to provide the CD-ROM image data. The web server must be accessible to the module,
which communicates with it constantly as data is needed.
Floppy mode
Choose the
Format as
floppy
button to switch
to floppy mode. Under
Windows, the drive will
be identified as a “high
density floppy” and will
typically be assigned a
drive letter of “B:”. The
capacity is limited to
1.44 megabytes in this
mode. The purpose of
supporting floppy mode
is to permit the use of
floppy-disk images
generated by other
systems. For example,
the flash BIOS upgrade
process is performed with a special floppy and is bootable. You can transfer bits from
that floppy to the SV1110IPEXT (use the upload disk image form). Now, you can boot
from the special floppy. In addition, emergency repair disks are often restricted to
floppies.
RAM disk mode
Choose the
Format as ramdisk
button to switch to
RAM
disk mode. This mode is
intended to facilitate simple data transfer between the remote user and the host computer.
It will be recognized by Windows as an eight megabyte removable disk and assigned a
drive letter. You can easily drag and drop files up to 8MB in size to this device. In
Windows explorer, you can choose the “Eject” option to make the data available to the
remote users.
Reading files from disk
On the
File Transfer
menu, make sure the disk is “ejected,” then choose the
Browse
files
link. A web page will be generated that shows the root directory on the disk. You
